Staff Software Engineer - Remote TypeScript Development

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer - Remote to join our innovative team at Torus. This position offers the opportunity to significantly impact the development of our energy infrastructure solutions. As a Staff Software Engineer - Remote, you will leverage your expertise in backend development and technical leadership to evolve our platform and drive real-world impact.

What You'll Do

• Lead the evolution of platform architecture for distributed, cloud-native systems in serverless AWS environments.
• Partner with the Lead Architect and engineering leads to drive technical strategy and decisions across multiple teams.
• Design scalable backend systems, APIs, microservices, and data models that support customer-facing applications and internal tools.
• Champion engineering standards, best practices, and patterns for the organization.
• Build performant, secure, and maintainable backend systems using TypeScript.
• Implement cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, IoT Core, Step Functions, and CDK.
• Ensure observability, error handling, and reliability across distributed microservices architecture.
• Collaborate with front-end engineers on modern web applications (React.js, TypeScript).

Requirements

• 8+ years in software development, including 3–4+ years in staff, principal, or architecture leadership roles.
• Expert-level proficiency in modern backend development with TypeScript.
• Deep experience designing and building serverless, event-driven architectures on AWS.
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and observability tooling.
• Demonstrated ability building developer-facing SDKs, service contracts, and platform APIs.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI/ML systems, including AWS Bedrock and agentic workflows.
• Familiarity with security, authentication, authorization, and compliance considerations.
• Strong mentorship abilities with a track record of elevating engineering talent.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range of $150,000 - $180,000.
• Employee Rewards Package including equity.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
• Health Benefits Package: Choice between traditional PPO or HSA eligible medical plans; Dental and Vision insurance.
• Unlimited discretionary PTO and 10 paid company holidays.
• 100% paid parental leave.
• Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Peer Recognition Program.